2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 67: Highways
Article 2: General Provisions, 67-2-1 through 67-2-7
Section 67-2-6: Abandonment, vacation and reverter of public roads, streets and highways.
67-2-6. Abandonment, vacation and reverter of public roads, streets and highways.
Property or property rights acquired by purchase or condemnation by the state or any commission, department, bureau, agency or political subdivision of the state for public road, street or highway purposes shall not revert until such property or property rights are vacated or abandoned by formal written declaration of vacation or abandonment which has been duly declared by the state or any commission, department, institution, bureau, agency or political subdivision of the state in whom the property or property right has vested. The right to abandon and vacate shall exist regardless of whether the public road, street or highway was created by the legislature or otherwise.
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